Faithful of the Diocese of Trenton will have the opportunity to stand for the sanctity of life alongside hundreds of thousands from around the world during the Jan. 18 March For Life in Washington, D.C. More ...Monday, January 14, 2019

On Jan. 17, hours before faithful from all corners of the Diocese were due to board 10 buses bound for the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., hundreds gathered with Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., to pray the pilgrims on their way.

I have said it before and I say it again. There is one thing we all have in common, my brothers and sisters. Regardless of our race or place of natural origin; regardless of our religion or absence of it; regardless of our age or status or station in life: God gave us the gift of life which our mothers carried until the day of our birth. We were allowed to live!More ...Friday, January 11, 2019

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ annual "9 Days for Life" prayer and action campaign will run Jan. 14 to Jan. 22. The overarching intention of the novena is that all human life will be respected. Each day of the "9 Days for Life" novena highlights a different intention and is accompanied by a short reflection, suggested actions and related information.More ...Thursday, December 20, 2018

Faithful of the Diocese of Trenton will have the opportunity to stand for the sanctity of life alongside hundreds of thousands from around the world during the Jan. 18 March for Life in Washington.More ...Thursday, December 13, 2018

The more than 100 who gathered to celebrate Good Counsel Homes-South Jersey not only honored its pro-life advocates, but heard compelling stories from the people they work so tirelessly to serve.More ...Friday, November 2, 2018

Rachel Hendricks, a mother of five and longtime advocate for the unborn, delivered a call to action to the dozens of teens in the Spring Lake Heights banquet hall Oct. 28.

“Our Church needs you, and our communities need you,” she said during the 29th annual Champions for Life awards dinner held in Doolan’s Shore Club. “We need you to know that each of you is uniquely created by God in his likeness, that you are deeply loved and that God has a plan for you to build up a culture of life in your generation.”

WASHINGTON -- Next year's March for Life plans to fortify its pro-life message with science that proves life begins at conception and with a specific focus on stem-cell research.More ...Tuesday, October 23, 2018

The Diocese of Trenton is now accepting submissions for its 2018-19 Respect Life Poster, Essay and Photo-Meme Contest, open to students in kindergarten through eighth grade.More ...Thursday, October 4, 2018

WASHINGTON – Each year, the U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month, which calls Catholics "to cherish, defend and protect those who are most vulnerable, from the beginning of life to its end, and at every point in between," said the chairman of the bishops' pro-life committee.More ...Wednesday, October 3, 2018

The expression “culture warrior” is used in contemporary conversation to describe people who fight for those causes that run counter to prevailing cultural values and preferences, chief among those causes, the protection of human life in all its stages, from conception to natural death.

It is rarely spoken or written in a positive way. And, yet, those who are labeled “pro-life” are, indeed, engaged in a significant battle to convince their opponents and critics that, as Pope St. John Paul II affirmed, “When some lives, including the unborn, are subjected to the personal choices of others, no other value or right will long be guaranteed.”More ...Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The sanctity of life from the moment of conception was proclaimed and celebrated by several parishes in the Trenton Diocese during the sixth annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children observed Sept. 8.More ...Thursday, September 20, 2018

The 29th annual Champions for Life dinner Oct. 28 will recognize two stalwart defenders of life who have advocated for the unborn and their mothers throughout the Diocese of Trenton.More ...Thursday, September 20, 2018

The theme of this year’s diocesan Respect Life Contest was “Be Not Afraid.” It seems that Skylar Cary took the message to heart.

The Holy Cross School sixth-grader and her family, who live in Rumson near the Shrewsbury River, didn’t let water-clogged roadways keep them from attending the March 4 Monmouth County Mass and ceremony, where Cary would be honored for her winning poster.

ROME -- Intentionally causing a patient's death is different from accepting that a patient is dying, then providing emotional and spiritual support and pain relief, said a doctor who practices and promotes palliative care.More ...Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Once again, elementary school students throughout the four counties of the Diocese of Trenton showed their support for Respect Life by creating works for the diocesan Respect Life Contest that expressed their value of life in all its stages.

Working off the 2018 theme of “Be Not Afraid,” the students of Catholic schools, parish religious education programs and youth groups designed posters, wrote essays – and this year, submitted entries to a new category: a photo meme.

Faithful from all corners of the Diocese were well represented at the events commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion. Click here to see a video that highlights the various events which included the March for Life in Washington, the Statehouse Rally in Trenton and two Masses for Life celebrated by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M.More ...Wednesday, January 31, 2018

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities has decried the Senate's failure to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, and called on senators to "rethink" their stance on late-term abortions.

The chairman, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, called the vote "appalling."

Following the March for Life Jan. 19, The Monitor spoke with Congressman Chris Smith, the long-time representative from New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District and member of St. Gregory the Great Parish, Hamilton Square.More ...Thursday, January 25, 2018